• Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Mesothelioma
• Esophageal Cancer
• Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
• Metastastic Disease to the Lung
• Sarcoma (Adult Soft Tissue)
  • Overview
  • Staging the Disease
  • Treatment
  • Treatment Options by Stage
  • Recurrent Soft Tissue Sarcoma
• Thymoma & Thymic Carcinoma
• Hyperhydrosis

Recurrent Disease

Recurrent adult soft tissue sarcoma is cancer that has recurred (come back) after it has been treated. The cancer may come back in the same soft tissue or in other parts of the body^..

Treatment Options for Recurrent Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Treatment of recurrent adult soft tissue sarcoma may include the following:

• Surgery ( wide local excision) with radiation therapy before or after surgery.
• Surgery ( amputation).
• Radiation therapy followed by limb-sparing surgery.
• Surgery to remove cancer that has recurred in the lungs.
• Chemotherapy with 1 or more anticancer drugs.
• A clinical trial of new anticancer drugs.
• A clinical trial of high-dose chemotherapy with or without stem cell transplant.

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